Have you ever wondered why January 1st is the start of the new year?

In today's episode we cover:

• History of the celebrations of New Year
• When New Year used to be in mid-March
• How the Romans tried to fix the calendar
• The longest year in history
• The Julian calendar (why it worked, and why it didn't)
• The pope who brought things back to January 1st
• New year today

Key vocabulary: Pressing, Conversation starter, Bringing in, Topical, Timely, Observed, Festivity, Falling out of sync, Toasted, Implemented, Leap year, Pagan, Befitting, Abolished, Circumcision, Circumcised, Reticent, Colonies, Millennia, Custom, Neglected, Myriad, Skipping over

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Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/why-is-new-year-new-year

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